Drop-seat garment



May 10, 1932. r w. D. SCALF 1,857,335

DROP SEAT GARMENT Filed Aug. 19. 1931 INVENTOR WE 60a BY Moi.

' ATTORNEY Patented May 10, 1932 UNITED STATES jPATENT oF cs WILLIAM D. SCALE, OF PINEVILLE, KENTUCKY 'nRoP-sm'r GARMENT 7 Application filed August 19, 1931. Serial No. 558,113.

entially about the body of a wearer, and

tfhereby aflording the greatest possible comort.

It is a still further object of the invention to provide a garment embodying a dropseat which may be readily lowered, when required, and automatically adjusted about the person when assuming an erect position, all of which features are made possible without the need for fastening means, such as buttons or the like.

Additional objects, advantages and features of invention will be apparent from the following description, considered in conjunction with the accompanying drawings,

wherein:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a g rment constructed in accordance with my invention,

Figure 2 is a rear view of the garment,

Figure 3 is a perspective View of a modified form of the garment, and

Figure 4 is a rear view thereof.

The garment in the present instance, comprises a front body portion 10 having leg members 11, and a back body portion 12. The back portions of the leg members 11 are secured to the front portion of the garment, as at 13. The rear portions of the leg members 11, at the point of attachment with the seam 13, stop short of the waistline of the garment, as at 15, forming a drop seat 16. As clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the drop seat 16 is free of direct attachment to the garment proper, at its upper edge. The seat 16 is of substantially the same width as the garment at the waist-line, and along the upper edge thereof I secure by stitching or otherwise, an elastic strap 17.

The strapfl7 is of a length less than the wldth of the drop-seat 16 and therefore will gather the material of the drop-seat, as indlcated at 18, providing the necessary fullness in the seat so as to readily conform to the contour of the body of the wearer.

The back portion 12 of the garment extends well below the point of attachment, of the leg members 11, terminating in a flap 19, which lies beneath the drop-seat 16.

Upon each upper corner of the drop-seat 16, I provide an elastic-strap 20, one end thereof being suitably secured by stitching, while the opposite end of the strap is secured by stitching to the lower edge of respective arm holes 21. It will be understood that the straps 17 and 20may' comprise a single strip, if desired. I

It should be noted that the straps 20 extend between the drop-seat and arm holes so as 9 to lieat a slightv angle to a vertical medial line, and by reason of this arrangement, the drop seat 16 will be caused to readily assume the contour of the wearer. Also, by reason of this construction, the straps 20 do not exert a direct downward pull upon the shoulder straps, but tend to evenly divertthe tension of the straps 20 to the front, top and rear portions of the shoulder straps.

In the use of this garment it is only necessary to exerta lateral pull upon the seat 16 so as to stretch the elastic straps 17 to the full width of thegarment and then lowering the seat 16 by tensioning the elastic straps 20. The flap 19 may beadjusted as desired. When the wearer assumesan erect position, the flap 19 is adjusted and the elastic straps 20 will return the drop-seat 16 to its normal raised position. The strap-17 will draw the seat 16 laterally into conformity with the body of the wearer, as will be readily understood.

In Figures 3 and 4 a modification of the garment is shown and corresponding elements of the garment are designated by ref-' erence characters as applied to Figs. 1 and 2.

In the modified form of the device, elastic straps 23 are secured to respective corners 24: of the drop-seat, these straps extending circumferentially of the garment and are se-' cured to the front part of the garment as at 25. The straps 23 may, of course, be continuous of the strap 17, if desired, but in such event the strap adjacent the top edge of the drop 7 5 seat must be suitably stitched in order to provide the gathered effect to the seat.

The use of this form of garment is identical with the first iorm described. The straps 23 it will be understood draw the seat circum l0 ferentially, to a slight extent. 7

While I have shown and described my drop-seat as applied to a particular form of garment, it will be understood that the device may be readily applied tooveralls, childrens play garments, and numerous 'other gar- ;ments, and I therefore do not limit myself to the particular adaptation herein shown and described.

I claim: 7 I 1, Avgarment comprising a body portion having arm? holes,-leg members upon said garment, a drop-seat formed with said body portion, an elastic strap member secured to the upper edge of said seat, and elastic strap members secured to and extended between the lower edge'of said arm holes and upper portion of said drop seat. I 2. A garment comprising a bodyflportion having arm holes, leg members upon said .30 garment, a drop-seat formed with said body portion, an elastic strap member secured to the'upper edge of said seat, said strap being of a length less than the width of the drop seat, and elastic strap members secured to and extended between the lower edge of said ,arm holes and upper portion of said drop-' seat. 3. A garment comprising'a body portion having arm holes, body portion upon said 7 40 garment, a drop-seat formed with said leg members, anelastic strap member secured to the upper edge of saidseat, said strap being of a length less than the width of the drop seat, an elastic strap member secured to the upper'edge of said drop seat and to a front portion of said garment, and elastic strap members secured to. andextended bea between the lower edge of said arm holes and upper portions of said drop seat.

1 WILLIAM 1).,soALn 

